Adjustable-size cap



March 2 1926.

M. SCHIFF' ADJUSTABLE SIZE CAP Filed Nov. 11, 1924 19 INVENTOR Patented Mar. 2, 1926.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MORRIS SCHIFF, OF BRONX, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR 0F ONE-HALF TO PHILIP A. FISCHER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

ADJUSTABLE-SIZE CAP.

application filed November 11, 1924. Serial No. 749,308.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Monars SOHIFF, a citizen of Russia, and residing at Bronx, in v the county of Bronx and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Adjustable-Size Caps, of which the following is a specification, such as will enable those skilled in the art to which it .appertains to make and use the same. I

This invention relates to adjustable size caps and particularly to the provision of a cap of the class specified in which the means employed for adjusting the cap is invisible when the same is in use, whereby the cap presents the appearance of a one size and non-adjustable cap; and the object of the invention is to provide the front or peak portion of the cap with means whereby the size of the head band portion of the cap may be varied, said means being concealed within the cap and beneath the front portion of the crown which rests upon the top of the peak when the cap is in use; a further object being to provide a cap of the class specified in which a continuous and un obstructed lining and facing is provided and a peak or compartment formed between the lining and facing to facilitate the size adj ustment; and with these and other objects in view, the invention consists in a cap of the class and for the purpose specified, which is simple in construction, efficient in use and which is constructed as hereinafter described and claimed.

The invention is fully disclosed in the following specification, of which the accompanying drawing forms a part, in which the separate parts of my improvement are designated by suitable reference characters in each of the views, and in which:

Fig. 1 is a perspective side view of one form of cap made according to my invention with part of the construction broken away.

Fig. 2 is a front view of the cap shown in Fig. 1 with part of the construction broken away.

Fig. 3 is a sectional plan view through a part of the head band portion of the cap, the part shown being one front side portion thereof;- and,

Fig. 4 is a side view of a cap and showing a modification.

In the construction shown in Figs. 1 to 3 inclusive, my improved cap comprises a crown portion 5 and peak portion 6, the crown portion being of the type in which an independent head band is not employed, or in other words, the material. of the crown extends downwardly to form the head band as clearly seen in Fig. 1 of the drawing, and the peak 6 is attached to the front head band portion of the crown and is provided at the opposite sides thereof with baokwardly direc'ted tongue members 7 formed from flaps 8, which are formed from the material of the crown and which are positioned between the facing portion 9 of the crown and the lining 10 thereof as clearly seen in Figs. 2 and 3 of the drawing.

The lining 10 is continuous throughout the head band portion of the crown or in other words is not slit or cut in any way to form a pocket as is the usual custom in caps of the class under consideration, and said lining is secured to the facing of the crown up to the point 11 at the opposite sides of the cap, one of which points is clearly shown in Fig. 1 of the drawing and is also secured to the flaps 8 or the tongues 7 formed therefrom as shown at 12. Looped or telescoped portions 13 of the lining at the opposite sides of the cap are free or unattached to permit of the inward and outward movement of the tongue member 7 in the chambers or pockets 14L formed between the facing 9 and lining 10 in the size adjustment.

The facing 9 of the crown at the front side portions of the cap and represented by the character 9 extends over or overlaps the flaps 8 forming the tongue members 7, the flaps 8 being extensions to the facing at the front or peak portion of the cap. Secured to the facings 9 at points 15 are strap members 16 and 17 adjust-ably coupled together by a buckle 18 secured to one of said strap members and at the points 15, it will be understood that the facing portions 9 are free from the flaps 8 to an extent equal to the width of the strap members 16 and 17 but are attached to and integral with said flaps or the front portion of the facing 9. This construction provides for the movement of the strap members forwardly and backwardly in a circumferential path in the size adjustment of the cap and in the extreme forward movement or adjustment to produce a smaller size, a slightfold or pleat effect will be formed at the points 15, and in this operation, the tongue members 7 will be extended backwardly at the opposite sides of the cap to the greatest degree, and the folds at 13 will be substantially similar to that indicated in Fig. 3 of the drawing. In extending the cap to a larger size however, the folds in the lining at 13 will be sul stantially straightened out, and the fold or pleat at the points 15 eliminated.

It will be understood that when the front crown portion is attached to the peak through the snap button construction usually employed, the strap members 16 and 17 and the portions of the crown at the points 15 will be concealed and invisible as will be seen on a consideration of Fig. f of the drawing. In this figure, however, I have shown a modification which consists simply in the attachment to the rear end portion of the head band portion of the cap, a head band 19, in accordance with the present practice, but it is to be noted that the head band 19 forms no partof the strap members 16 and 17 and is employed merely for the production of a cap of this particular type, and with this construction, the size adjustment means is also invisible.

It is also noted that the usual stiffening or reinforcing meniber 20 is employed at the front or peak portion of the crown at the head band portion thereof, and this member extends into the tongues T and facilitates the movement of said tongues in the chambers 14. It will be understood that while I have shown certain details of construction for carrying my invention into effect that I am not necessarily limited to these details, and various changes in and modifications of the construction herein shown and described may be made within the scope of the appended claims without departing from the spirit of my invention or sacrificing its ad vantages.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters-Patent, is

1. An adjustable size cap of the class described composed of a facing and lining, said lining being continuous circumferentially at the head band portion of the cap and the facing being severed at the opposite sides of the front portion of and over the peak of the cap forming side flaps directed backwardly to form tongues which are positioned between the facing and lining, strap members secured to the free portions of the facing above the peak and which overlap the flap portions of said facing and said strap members and tongues forming the adjust able means for said cap and being concealed by that portion of the crown of the cap which rests upon the peak when the cap is 111 use.

2. An adjustable size cap of the class described composed of a facing and lining, said lining being continuous circumferentially at the head band portion of the cap and the facing being severed at the opposite sides of the front portion of and over the peak of the cap forming side flaps directed backwardly to form tongues which are positioned betwen the facing and lining, strap members secured to the free portions of the facing above the peak and which overlap the flap portions of said facing, and said lining at the opposite sides of the cap being unattached and folded backwardly upon itself to facilitate the movement of said tongues forwardly and backwardly between the facing and lining.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed my name this 3rd day of November, 1924:.

MORRIS SCHIFF. 

